 Under An Adirondack Influence
The Life of A. L. Byron-Curtiss — 1871-1959
by William J. O’Hern and Roy E. Reehil
Table of Contents
Chapter Page
Introduction 9
Prologue—What Name Shall He Go By? 13
1 The Woodland Mission 16
2 Reviving St. Joseph’s Mission
38
3 Life Beyond the Mission 45
4 Nat Foster Lodge 54
5 Separation, Depression and Tragedy
78
6 Retreat 90
7 New York City 100
8 New York City to Nat Foster Lodge
103
9 Carefree Days at Nat Foster Lodge
110
10 The Depths of a Writer’s Soul
121
11 Highlights of a Season a Century Ago
129
12 A Pass in the Adirondacks 141
13 Charley Brown’s Scow 146
14 Sackets Harbor 152
15 The Last Season of The North Lake Navigation
Company 156
16 John Burroughs 164
17 Adapting to Change 167
18 Work, Willard and Worries 173
19 Rebuilding 179
20 Wasting God’s Time and Loving Every Minute of
It 184
21 A Family Bond 193
22 At a Time of God’s Choosing
201
23 A Therapeutic Open Camp Project
206
24 Retirement 209
25 Fifteen Chirps in Fourteen Seconds
213
26 Life at the Lumber Camp 221
27 An Unofficial North Lake Reservoir Gatekeeper
230
28 A Pleasant and Profitable Season
236
29 Helen Byron-Curtiss, A Chip Off the Old Block
242
30 The Calvary and the Dead Buck
244
31 The End of Summer 246
32 Autumn 253
33 Depression 256
34 An Adirondacker in Greeley, Colorado
258
35 Notable Days in 1933 269
36 Original Thoughts 277
37 The Last of the Log Books 280
38 The Problem With Hopson 286
39 The Cure 288
40 An Oversized Man in a Standardized World
290
41 A Cheerful Letter in Tumultuous Times
299
42 The Lumberjacks’ Sky Pilot
304
43 The Forties 306
44 The Lone Paddler 308
45 A. L. Byron-Curtiss, Octogenarian
310
46 Harvey Dunham 311
47 The Feud Over Nat Foster Lodge
313
48 Forever Writing 328
49 Life is a Funny Proposition after all
335
Acknowledgments 342
Bibliography 344
Index 348
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